Introduction to Orienteering

Orienteering: Using a map and a compass to visit the points indicated on the map, the one who reaches all the points in the shortest time wins.

It is a sport that originated in Sweden in the early 1900s. The word "orienteering" was first used in 1886, initially as a necessary skill for the military to navigate through the mountains and snowfields of Scandinavia, but later it developed into a civilian sport for young and old alike.

The first real orienteering competitions were held in 1895 in military camps in Sweden, Stockholm, Norway and Oslo, marking the birth of orienteering as a sport, and the first World Orienteering Championships were held in 1932.

Orienteering is usually practiced in forests, countryside and city parks, and can also be practiced on university campuses.

Expanded Information:

Orienteering can be divided into two kinds of orienteering according to the different tools of the sport:

1. Orienteering on foot: e.g., traditional orienteering cross-country running; park orienteering; Relay Orienteering; Night Orienteering.

2, tool orienteering: such as ski orienteering; mountain bike orienteering; motorcycle orienteering.

Orienteering sports in the world are carried out, the international event activities in the record of the smallest age of children who have participated in the orientation to 3 years old, the oldest age to 95 years old. In general, all healthy people can participate.

Orienteering not only requires speed, endurance and physical recovery efficiency, but also requires a good sense of direction and judgment. And, because anything can happen in the wilderness, such as getting lost, getting hurt, getting into danger, etc.), it often helps to improve one's mental fitness as well.

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